#502EB5#502EB5

#502EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.198 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502EB5
RGB	rgb(80, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 49.09, -65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 82.17, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.0558 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.198 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6232, 6.9950, 44.3921)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502EB5 #93B52E

analogous

#2E50B5 #502EB5 #942EB5

triadic

#502EB5 #B5502E #2EB550

tetradic

#502EB5 #B52E50 #93B52E #2EB594

square

#502EB5 #B52E50 #93B52E #2EB594

split-complementary

#502EB5 #B5942E #50B52E

monochromatic

#251553 #3A2284 #502EB5 #6F4ED2 #977FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#502EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#502EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502EB5

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502EB5	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.198 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6bcc',
    500: '#502eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502eb5;
$custom-light: #8c6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.111,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43385,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502EB5

secondary

#B3C778

accent

#E345BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #502EB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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